Stereogum — This summer, the Smashing Pumpkins will head out on a gigantic stadium tour with Green Day and Rancid. It’s their highest-profile tour in a very long time, and they’ll do it without guitarist Jeff Schroeder, who joined the band in 2006 and left last year. In January, the Smashing Pumpkins posted a wanted ad for a new guitarist, and more than 10,000 people applied for the position. The band reviewed the submissions and held in-person auditions in Los Angeles. Today, the band announced that LA shredder Kiki Wong will join them on the road. more info

Consequence Of Sound — Baz's latest single is one of the best songs of his solo career to date. Heavy Song of the Week: Sebastian Bach Hits the High Notes on “(Hold On) To the Dream” Jon Hadusek more info

Consequence Of Sound — For the first time, Katie Crutchfield wrote while on the road touring. Waxahatchee on Tigers Blood and Modeling Her Voice After Michael Stipe: Podcast Consequence Staff more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — June 8's concert, held in in Chinatown's L.A. State Historic Park, will be the first Pride festival performance from the Latin pop superstar, who will also be the first out gay Latino to headline the event. more info

Chorus.fm — Marianas Trench have returned with the new song “A Normal Life.” more info

Consequence Of Sound — The masked metal band will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of their self-titled album throughout the year. Slipknot Wear 1999 Red Jumpsuits and Masks for First Show with New Drummer: Video + Setlist Spencer Kaufman more info

New York Post — Now may be the time to head overseas, Swifties. more info

Stereogum — Moby is an open book — literally. Few electronic producers across the last several decades have been the focus of such a sustained level of public and press attention the way the 58-year-old mononymous superstar (known in government documents as Richard Melville Hall) has. There’s a lot out there to know about Moby, and much of it he’s made available by his own design: His twin memoirs, 2016’s Porcelain: A Memoir and Then It Fell Apart from 2019, are at turns revelatory, highly entertaining, and straight-up deeply unpleasant to consume. Even as his own ability to be wholly truthful about the past has come under scrutiny (more on that later), his warts-and-all approach to laying out his own personal travails would leave one to believe that, when it comes to reflecting on his recent and distant past, Moby is simply out of stories to tell. more info